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Agreement protects Treasure Island’s Clipper Cove and its marine ecosystem
June 7, 2018
The Clipper Cove marina planning process will now move forward based on a MUCH smaller marina design, one matching the footprint of the Minimum Impact design put together by the Treasure Island Sailing Center. The vast majority of the Cove will...
Join the Buy Clean campaign and help California's public works projects go green
June 7, 2018
Last year, Sierra Club members and activists helped us pass legislation to create the first state-level Buy Clean policy in the country to help cut greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change. The policy requires State agencies to purchase...
No excuses: Community Choice energy programs now offer cleaner and cheaper electricity
June 6, 2018
San Francisco's local Community Choice power provider CleanPowerSF now offers cleaner energy at cheaper rates than PG&E. The same goes for MCE, whose default program costs its Marin, Napa, and Contra Costa County customers 2-5% less than PG&...
What the Sierra Club is doing at the local level to tackle the housing crisis
June 6, 2018
How and where we build the necessary housing has serious implications for both people and planet. The Bay Chapter advocates for affordable, infill development in "Priority Development Areas" in order to house the growing population in a way that...
California's first Community Choice energy program now spans three counties
June 6, 2018
In 2010 MCE was formed in Marin County as California’s first Community Choice program — a game-changing alternative to the investor-owned utility model that enables cities and counties to pool electricity customers and form a local power agency....
Alameda County opens up public process to assess amendments to urban growth boundary
June 6, 2018
On April 30th, Alameda County Supervisors Scott Haggerty and Nate Miley convened in Livermore a special meeting of the Transportation and Planning Committee board. The purpose of the gathering was to get district input on amending Measure D, the...
Bay Area cities take on the plastic straw scourge
May 24, 2018
To combat the scourge of plastic waste on our streets and in our oceans, a number of coastal cities have adopted or begun exploring various regulations to limit disposable foodware waste. Berkeley, Oakland, and San Francisco are among the pioneering...
Richmond coal-dust ordinance to be introduced Tuesday — Join us!
May 16, 2018
There's been a big development in the campaign to clean up Richmond's air: With dirty, dusty coal exports ramping up at the Levin Terminal on the Richmond waterfront, Mayor Tom Butt has called on the city council to consider a new ordinance this...
Judge overturns Oakland coal ban — but advocates promise to fight on
May 15, 2018
Today, Judge Vince Chhabria invalidated Oakland’s ordinance that bans the storage and handling of dirty coal at the Oakland Army Base. Despite this unfortunate setback, we believe the City of Oakland has every right to protect the public health of...
Livermore oil drilling operation seeks permits to dump wastewater into aquifer
May 9, 2018
E&B Natural Resources, an oil company operating in eastern Alameda County, is seeking permits to dump contaminated drilling wastewater into the aquifer.